Apologies for wandering off and leaving you. I trust you all sorted a beverage, maybe raided the cookie jar? Good!
Things continue to go from busy to slack to what-the-hell-went-wrong! as we muddle along between houses.
But mostly, things get done. And more things will be crossed off the list as we move into cooler weather. I’ve made a tentative start in the garden. Well, I say tentative, but what I mean is a brute force assault on some horrendous morning glory and corky passion vine. Both nice enough on their home turf, but a nuisance here!
And there is what looks like an avocado tree beside the deck! It will have to be removed as it threatens one of the shade sails. We had them repaired and when we re-hung them I could see that the avocado would poke another hole in a sail! But the repairs will see them through many years of tropic sun and rain.

And, still on house-y and garden-y things. ..A week ago, there was a cracking thunderstorm. At midnight. Of course! I checked windows and all was okay. But we did have a totally unexpected gush of water in the room which will be the office/study. I threw an armful of bath towels on the floor ( just as well the floor is tiled !!) The Man scrambled up a ladder and cleared the gutter above the doorway. But still water poured in, via an air con. !!! Whisky. Tango. Foxtrot. How did water get in there??!! That unit was, fortunately, not running and is now turned off and unplugged. And we are waiting on a roofing wallah. With a stack of dry towels, just in case…
But, while all the drama was unfolding, The Man pulled a PVC cover away from the wall where the electric cables run to the air con. And look what we found, sheltering from the deluge!

And while we are on the subject of gardens… the people who bought our former house have decided they want lawns. Chain saws and excavators and brute force have removed EVERYTHING except a cycad along the side garden.
But it’s no longer my garden. Moving on…
Here’s a frog, happy with his/her cardamom home…
